Punta Patache (Port)
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Heavy swells close north Chile copper, coal ports
Heavy swells have closed four ports across northern Chile for a fourth day running, the Chilean navy’s weather unit said Monday. The affected ports include Patache, which handles exports of copper concentrates from the giant Collahuasi mine, and Iquique, through which Collahuasi, Teck’s Quebrada Blanca and BHP Billiton’s Cerro Colorado mines export copper cathode. The weather has also forced the closure of Mejillones, which handles copper cathodes from many copper mines in the region, including state-owned Codelco and Freeport McMoRan’s El Abra, and also receives shipments of coal for thermoelectric plants. The port of Tocopilla, which principally serves a series of thermoelectric plants operated by Engie, remains closed to large vessels. However, the Port of Antofagasta, including the Coloso port facility used by BHP Billiton’s Escondida mine, remains open.
Collahuasi's key port Punta Patache resumes copper shipments
Chile's giant Collahuasi copper mine has resumed loading concentrate shipments from its key port and will not longer need to divert deliveries through other sea terminals, the mine operator said on Thursday, Reuters Africa reports. The mine operator said in a statement that a second vessel with copper concentrate departed from the Patache port on Thursday after repairs to its shiploader. The port was closed for nearly seven months after an accident with its ship loader that killed three workers.
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